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Heyli Velasquez
DS/L
Position
5'5''
Height
Junior
Class
Wilmington, Del.
Hometown
Ursuline Academy
High School
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2024
- Appeared in 26 matches, starting one, and played 66 sets
- Tallied a season-high nine digs against Middle Tennessee (9/18)
2023
- Appeared in 91 sets across 26 matches
- Posted a career-high 17 digs at UMBC (Sept. 10)
- Finished fifth on the team in total digs (123)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2022
- All-ACC Academic Team
- Appeared in 28 matches, including nine starts as libero, and played in 94 sets
- Finished sixth on the team in total digs (139) and digs per set (1.48)
- Registered 12 digs in UVA’s three-set match against Wake Forest (Nov. 20)
- Tallied a career-high 15 digs against Miami (Oct. 16)
- Made her first career start as UVA libero in the Cavaliers’ five-set win over Florida State (Oct. 14)
- ACC Academic Honor Roll
2021
- Appeared in 14 matches, including one start, and played 34 sets
- Made her first career start in the Cavaliers’ season finale at Boston College (Nov. 26)
- Registered a service ace in three matches: Central Connecticut State (Aug. 28), Akron (Sept 3) and Georgetown (Sept. 17)
- ACC Honor Roll recipient
Background
- Transitioned from setter to libero her sophomore year of high school
- 2020 All-State selection
- 2017-21 All-Conference selection
- 2020 Preseason top-20 volleyball player in Delaware selection, according to DelawareOnline.com
- Guided Ursuline Academy to a third-place finish in the state in 2017 and 2019
- Totaled more than 970 career assists and more than 900 career digs
- Played club for East Coast Power Volleyball
Personal
- Daughter of Calvin Edwards and Alvenia Scarborough
- Her father Calvin played football at West Virginia (1991-95)
- Her mother Alvenia graduated from Virginia (1992-95) with a degree in Communications and Rhetoric
- Majoring in Media Studies